motorbikemike45
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I rode my new e-bike out to a big picnic about 13 miles from home. In order to have room for a whole bunch of potato salad fron the deli(about 5 pounds) I was taking, I removed the spare tube I usually carry from the trunk bag. Needless to say, on the way home I had a flat in the rear tire about 5 miles from home. The temp was 84 drgrees and the humidity was in the 90s. I thought this old man was going to collapse and die pushing the heavy e-bike home.
My mistake was obvious, no tube and no patch kit, because I usually had the tube. This was my first flat since I had begun using a high quality Armadillo kevlar cord tire, a thorn-pruf inner liner, and a slimmed tube several years ago. I got cocky and assumed I was well protected from flat tires. When I got home I found a 5/8 inch long staple, like contractors use to attach house wrap. Both points had penetrated the tire, inner liner and tube, and the slime failed to seal the tiny holes.
The moral of the story is, never think you are bullet proof and neglect to carry the minimum spares and tools to make simple repairs on the road. I need to review my tools+spares kit and try to think ahead, for a change. That is my word to the wise.
My mistake was obvious, no tube and no patch kit, because I usually had the tube. This was my first flat since I had begun using a high quality Armadillo kevlar cord tire, a thorn-pruf inner liner, and a slimmed tube several years ago. I got cocky and assumed I was well protected from flat tires. When I got home I found a 5/8 inch long staple, like contractors use to attach house wrap. Both points had penetrated the tire, inner liner and tube, and the slime failed to seal the tiny holes.
The moral of the story is, never think you are bullet proof and neglect to carry the minimum spares and tools to make simple repairs on the road. I need to review my tools+spares kit and try to think ahead, for a change. That is my word to the wise.